COMMENTS & QUESTIONS [for Feb., 2018]
Do you need some assistance in parenting your Aspergers or HFA child? Click here to use Mark Hutten, M.A. as your personal parent coach. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Mark, I recently came across the video version of this blog post from a few years back: http://www.myaspergerschild.com/2012/02/lying-or-wishful-thinking-which-one-is.html. Actually, my wife forwarded it to me. Her and I both had the exact same “oh shit” reaction to this. I am writing to you today basically at a point of desperation with my 13 year old son Jack. He has HFA, diagnosed when he was 5. The blog post describes him exactly. Before I go further, I want to let you know that Jack is currently in a residential treatment center for kids with behavioral and psychological issues; he’s been there for about 2.5 months for suicidal ideations. Here’s the problem: What happens when your HFA child becomes an adolescent and starts lying about big things, like wanting to kill himself, being part of racist groups
